From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Reshma Pattan Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: add pcap dependency note to pdump tool guide Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 16:57:39 +0100 Message-ID: <1467820660-3418-2-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> References: <1467820660-3418-1-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> Cc: Reshma Pattan To: dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga11.intel.com (mga11.intel.com [192.55.52.93]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AEAD8DA0 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2016 17:57:54 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <1467820660-3418-1-git-send-email-reshma.pattan@intel.com> List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" Added a missing note about dependencies on libpcap and CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP flag that pdump tool has. Signed-off-by: Reshma Pattan --- doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst index 96c8709..32d4fbc 100644 --- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst +++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/pdump.rst @@ -33,14 +33,21 @@ dpdk_pdump Application ====================== -The ``dpdk_pdump`` application is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) application that runs as a DPDK secondary process and +The ``dpdk_pdump`` tool is a Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) tool that runs as a DPDK secondary process and is capable of enabling packet capture on dpdk ports. + .. Note:: + + * The ``dpdk_pdump`` tool depends on libpcap based PMD which is disabled by default in the build configuration + files, owing to an external dependency on the libpcap development files which must be installed on the board. + Once the libpcap development files are installed, the libpcap based PMD can be enabled by setting + CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_PMD_PCAP=y and recompiling the DPDK. + Running the Application ----------------------- -The application has a ``--pdump`` command line option with various sub arguments: +The tool has a ``--pdump`` command line option with various sub arguments: .. code-block:: console -- 2.5.0